Designer Faces: The Hair and Makeup Look at the Fall 2010 Lanvin Show

What inspired the look of the models who marched out wearing identical black, blunt-cut wigs? Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz wanted to comment on conformity in beauty. "It's a mirror to show people what happens when everyone looks alike," he said.

"In traveling the world, I've noticed that women everywhere now have the same lips, the same eyes, the same skin, the same hair... It scares me to see women all looking alike," he said. "I like to see wrinkles, I like to see people who are a little overweight—I like individuality."

Although Elbaz cited Japanese Manga as an inspiration for the wigs, Guido also traced it to fashion history: "There's a lot of iconic imagery in fashion that has shown this type of silhouette," he said. "It's a shape that everyone in fashion loves. And it's one that Alber can really carry off with the clothes and the type of woman he represents."